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Launch Configuration
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The twin STEREO observatories were launched aboard a single Delta II launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., (Launch Complex 17, Pad B) on Oct. 25, 2006, at 8:52 p.m. EDT. Within the rocket's third stage, one observatory sat atop the other via a specially designed device. |
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Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers check the placement of the first half of the fairing around the STEREO spacecraft.
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Just at liftoff, clouds of smoke and steam rise around the Delta II rocket carrying the STEREO spacecraft on top. Liftoff from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was at 8:52 p.m. EDT, on Oct. 25, 2006.
Photo credit: NASA
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After riding into space aboard a single rocket, the twin observatories separated from each other and their solar panels deployed.
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